The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-10-14

" WAS NOT LUCK.
success Of : Gentismanly Lad who
was Kind and Polite st All Times and
Al Places.
There was a frantic cry Of 'Whoa!'
sswhoa!" and the driver Of mo. 2"
put down the brake and the car came
70 q stand-still just as a runaway horse
dragging but a fragment Of a carriage
dashed past. Men. women and chill
dren ran in various directions. some Of
them trying to keep out Of the horses
track, and others. more venturesome.
making Intellectual attempts to seize
the dangling bride.
Mr.. Lord was unfolding the Bee,
which always reached him about the
time he started "down town." when
! the commotion outside attracted his at
tention.
look out for your old basket
and a slight kick completely over.
turned it. In their haste and excite
ment, a colored woman and two boys
had actually collided; at the same time
finding a street chr an unyielding back
ground.
Herbert Atkinson, nearly tumblina
into the basket Of freshly laundtiet
clothes, which the woman in her fright
had dropped. Indignantly applied thu
force necessary to scatter the immacu
late linen upon the dusty street.
With q fierce scowl and muttcret
oath. he Immediately sprang upon tn
car. Other vehicles standing near
completely blocked the passage. ant
while trouble was imminent Qor tn
drivers were loud in expostulation)
Mr.. Lord gave his attention to tn
scene Just under his window.
Excuse me. madam" said the othe
boy, lifting his hat. which he wasi in tn
act Of placing on his head, after picl
ing himself up from the pavement
where he for a moment had faller
when. during the scramble for safet,
both the woman and Herbert ha
'brought up against him.
Yer didn't do II honey. yer noway
ter blame" was the answer.
As she reached for the basket, sh
groancd. and George Graham e.
claimed; .Arc you hurt?" and viii
she with one hand was tightly holdin
the bruised and sprained wrist, he WI
very carefully gathering up the no
soiled garments, brushing, shakinga an
folding.
When the car started, every thin
had been arranged. and the manly Ia
was walking away with the washe
woman's load.
MI. Lord returned to his paper, fir
looking nj his own advertisement
which read something like this:
WANTED. at this ONCE. an honest and gent
: manly boy, about sixteen years Of age. who d
q home IN the city. None but an apt scholi
, and one well-rccommended need apply. O
! u twelve O'Clock to-day"
Mr.. Lords experience In advertiser
was such that he congratulated himse
on the short NOTICE he had given, trus
ing that the right boy would be (
hand. and he not panied a. he woul
be IL obliged to turn away many app
: cants from the place.
A little before noon. his wife can
IN for . chat. leaving their little Ann
with him for an hour, as was her ca
tom when out at this time.
..Papa's little Rest has come, b
shcPr as he took the child in his Ia
{ In n az his happy hours. he oft
7 said, as he gave himself up TO q fro
a with his little girl.
20, Pa. Dinah has hurt her hand Al
< tumblcd down in the street IL "
: something about q horse and cara
way. mamma has packed q basket
food for her and taken her home.
: was no matter bout the tumbl
. clothes, mamma told her"
Yes, dear, but who Is DinahP" D
Ing that the child was too much int
4 ested TO think Of any thing else u J.
. then.
" 20. she helps Mary wash. and son
times takes the clothes home with 4
Pa, there 10 the very boy who brou(
n the basket for her. coming here"
a she looked from the window.
. 1T y twelve o'clock. darling. ! M
y attend 70 . little business. You y
: stay here with me-"
sJohn," through : speaking tu'
= s.you may send up the boys In the
y dor In which they come"
i Good morning!" and : youth
litely removed his hal. - no RESPOND
Il 20 the pleasant greeting.
. A progressing face and evidently
we'll Uniformed boy Of sixteen. bri|
. and active. with . letter from = y
>, known man. which rcad somethl
like this: ''Jaupes Armstrong u the
u "A old friend Of mine. He's . |
2 scholar. Please give him aplacs !
oblige." etc.
well, James, I like your looks,